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Where does “ribonucleoprotein” come from?

ribonucleoprotein (English) comes from English nucleoprotein, from English protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

ribonucleoprotein (English): Any nucleoprotein that contains RNA

Definitions

  1. Any nucleoprotein that contains RNA

Ancestry of “ribonucleoprotein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnucleoproteinAny complex of a nucleic acid and a protein
2EnglishproteinAny of numerous large, complex naturally-produced...
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle French-é—
7Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “ribonucleoprotein”

  • antiribonucleoprotein
  • microribonucleoprotein
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →